# HG changeset patch
# User John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
# Date 1360444113 18000
# Node ID 84d3abfa585b057dd7e04af6c750686fb0c46b24
# Parent  a78c1e445cfc2b290d8ca8c84ea1e179f48400a8
* edit.m: Undo string escape sequences on values used in sprintf formats.

diff --git a/scripts/miscellaneous/edit.m b/scripts/miscellaneous/edit.m
--- a/scripts/miscellaneous/edit.m
+++ b/scripts/miscellaneous/edit.m
@@ -243,10 +243,11 @@
   if (nargin < 1)
     if (exist (FUNCTION.HOME, "dir") == 7 && (isunix () || ! ispc ()))
       system (cstrcat ("cd \"", FUNCTION.HOME, "\" ; ",
-                      sprintf (FUNCTION.EDITOR, "")),
+                      sprintf (undo_string_escapes (FUNCTION.EDITOR), "")),
               [], FUNCTION.MODE);
     else
-      system (sprintf (FUNCTION.EDITOR,""), [], FUNCTION.MODE);
+      system (sprintf (undo_string_escapes (FUNCTION.EDITOR), ""),
+              [], FUNCTION.MODE);
     endif
     return;
   endif
@@ -328,7 +329,8 @@
       ## If the file exists, then edit it.
       if (FUNCTION.EDITINPLACE)
         ## Edit in place even if it is protected.
-        system (sprintf (FUNCTION.EDITOR, cstrcat ("\"", fileandpath, "\"")),
+        system (sprintf (undo_string_escapes (FUNCTION.EDITOR),
+                         cstrcat ("\"", fileandpath, "\"")),
                 [], FUNCTION.MODE);
         return;
       else
@@ -345,7 +347,8 @@
         else
           fclose (fid);
         endif
-        system (sprintf (FUNCTION.EDITOR, cstrcat ("\"", fileandpath, "\"")),
+        system (sprintf (undo_string_escapes (FUNCTION.EDITOR),
+                         cstrcat ("\"", fileandpath, "\"")),
                 [], FUNCTION.MODE);
         return;
       endif
@@ -361,7 +364,8 @@
       case {"cc", "m"}
         0;
       otherwise
-        system (sprintf (FUNCTION.EDITOR, cstrcat ("\"", fileandpath, "\"")),
+        system (sprintf (undo_string_escapes (FUNCTION.EDITOR),
+                         cstrcat ("\"", fileandpath, "\"")),
                 [], FUNCTION.MODE);
         return;
     endswitch
@@ -512,7 +516,8 @@
     fclose (fid);
 
     ## Finally we are ready to edit it!
-    system (sprintf (FUNCTION.EDITOR, cstrcat ("\"", fileandpath, "\"")),
+    system (sprintf (undo_string_escapes (FUNCTION.EDITOR),
+                     cstrcat ("\"", fileandpath, "\"")),
             [], FUNCTION.MODE);
             
   endif